It was another successful year at the Design on a Dime fundraiser in the Metropolitan Pavillion where 1.1 million dollars was raised to help support those living with HIV/AIDS in NYC. Housing Works (along with all their amazing sponsors and co-chairs) pulled off a fabulous event with a lot of mingling, inspirational design ideas and colors galore thanks to Valspar. I myself swooped up a few purchases of my own and I have to say, the bill doesn’t feel as painful when you know the money is going to a good cause. Let’s run through some of my favorites starting with Genevieve Gorder who created a dual space for Valspar using lots of fabulous color.

Genevieve in her Valspar Vignette where she created two separate spaces. One kids area with a bright yellow wall and one dining area with the navy blue. She really wanted the color to have an impact on the space so she chose colors that had nice contrast and worked her magic from there

As you can see her choice of color really packed a punch! All of the pieces were collected from various Housing Works locations around the city and she had to pull the vignette together with what was available. Never and easy task! Using Valspar paint she was able to transform each piece and re-purpose it in a way that’s unimaginable to the eye until it’s complete

She found an adorable daybed for the kids half of the room and used a fun, bright throw to cover it which allowed her to bring in other colors like the pink side table and green pendants. Valspar makes it easy and fun to use color

One of my favorite finds was this antique side chair with a strong black and white ikat upholstered seat and rich black painted frame. It was snatched up before I could get my hands on it so unfortunately it’s not one of the pieces I went home with..

Not only did Genevieve add bold color but she threw some stripes and matallics in the mix to give the space some variation in pattern and color. Don’t be afraid to take your paint projects to another level

Lara Spencer (another chair of the evening) created this blue and neutral room for One King’s Lane

Housing Works made their own fun vignette using bold fluorescents and a geometric pattern on the wall with Valspar color

One of my favorite rooms of the evening was by Danielle Colding (the HGTV design star winner) who used bold black and whites including the gorgeous juju wallpaper by Aphrochic. Swoon worthy..

I love the touch of bright orange on the edges of this unique console table

A masculine groomsmen’s suite

Pops of color added to this neutral room gave it just enough oomph

Thanks to Valspar, Housing Works, Elle Decor and all the co-chairs who were responsible for another successful event that will help the homeless and those living with HIV/AIDS. I can’t think of a better way to spend my money and gather design inspiration at the same time.

For those of you who are around the NYC metro area this weekend you MUST come by the best shopping event of the year! Housing Works will present it’s annual ‘Design on a Dime‘ event which will feature 50 top designers who create fabulous vignettes using lots of beautiful Valspar color! The event is open to the public on Friday, April 26 – Saturday, april 27 and I highly recommend that you stop by to scoop up the deals that haven’t been taken on opening night. If you’re still interested in attending opening night you can purchase a ticket here – The event is tonight so hurry and join me as I interview Genevieve Gorder from HGTV and mingle with others such as Lara Spencer, Sabrina Soto, Nicole Gibbons Studio, Tiger Lily’s Greenwich, High Falls Mercantile and so many more!

As I’m selecting fabrics for my own apartment I’m realizing how difficult it is to commit to something when there are so many fabulous designs and textiles out there. I’ve come across several lines that I absolutely love so I thought I’d highlight one that stands out and that I keep coming back to..Katherine Rally Textiles. Her collection is somewhere in the middle of a modern geometric and a hand printed batik which is the perfect balance – especially if you’re looking to coordinate with a more traditional floral. Take a look at some of her fabulous prints below:

Afrique

Madagascar

Dallah

Field day

Joie de vivre

Sassa

Zanzibar

Now you can see why I’m in a bind. Too many great patterns to choose from!